Tim Willits (Chief Creative Officer) & Craig Sherman (Narrative Director) from Saber Interactive stopped by Slasher Radio to discuss their upcoming Evil Dead The Game! The interview timeframe during this episode 30:20 – 57:13. Topics of Interest: -The relationship between Saber Interactive & The Game Boss Team on Evil Dead The Game -License/IP Details -Choosing the …
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- 6/20/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Video game movie adaptations have a terrible lineage of rushed products that were either boring or just broken. That’s what makes “World War Z” so unusual: It’s coming out nearly six years after the film.
Released in 2013 with Brad Pitt in the lead role, the movie “World War Z” was a financial success, grossing over $540 million worldwide. But it had little to do with the best-selling book it’s based on, and a sequel is nowhere near complete. As far as the pop culture zeitgeist is concerned, the “World War Z” brand is just as cold as the undead themselves. However, that didn’t stop developer Saber Interactive from partnering with Paramount Pictures for its zombie shooter.
Coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019, “World War Z” is a cooperative multiplayer game where you and up to three of your friends can take on the zombie horde.
Released in 2013 with Brad Pitt in the lead role, the movie “World War Z” was a financial success, grossing over $540 million worldwide. But it had little to do with the best-selling book it’s based on, and a sequel is nowhere near complete. As far as the pop culture zeitgeist is concerned, the “World War Z” brand is just as cold as the undead themselves. However, that didn’t stop developer Saber Interactive from partnering with Paramount Pictures for its zombie shooter.
Coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019, “World War Z” is a cooperative multiplayer game where you and up to three of your friends can take on the zombie horde.
- 6/21/2018
- by Giancarlo Valdes
- Variety Film + TV
This week we noticed a trend with a number of in-development projects that were recently added to IMDbPro: Biopics. Move over Moneyball, Iron Lady and J. Edger, there's a new crop of biographies in the works.
Untitled Marion Barry Biopic – Eddie Murphy produces and stars in this HBO project based on the life of the civil rights activist-turned-troubled Washington D.C. mayor whose political career rebounded from a prison conviction for crack possession in the 1990s and eventually became mayor again. Spike Lee directs.
Powell – Forest Whitaker's Spirit Dance Entertainment is developing this Ed Whitworth script based on former Secretary of State Colin Powell's run-ins with President Bush over building a case for the U.S. to invade Iraq in 2003.
Dangerously Funny – George Clooney optioned this Smothers Brothers bio about the comedy duo's rise from the 1960s San Francisco club circuit to primetime TV. Scribes Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman will pen the script for Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smoke House and Sony.
Untitled Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic – Writer-producer-comedian Bryron Allen produces this drama based on the life of legendary entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr., which is not to be confused with Wil Haygood's competing script In Black and White that Universal once considered developing.
Ruby McCollum – Cary Elwes stars in and James Brolin directs this civil rights era biography about the woman who challenged the deep south's sexual slavery laws, also known as "paramour rights", when she was convicted for killing a white doctor who tried to force her to bear his child. Springtree Studios is producing the film.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form (it doesn't have to be a biopic).
Untitled Marion Barry Biopic – Eddie Murphy produces and stars in this HBO project based on the life of the civil rights activist-turned-troubled Washington D.C. mayor whose political career rebounded from a prison conviction for crack possession in the 1990s and eventually became mayor again. Spike Lee directs.
Powell – Forest Whitaker's Spirit Dance Entertainment is developing this Ed Whitworth script based on former Secretary of State Colin Powell's run-ins with President Bush over building a case for the U.S. to invade Iraq in 2003.
Dangerously Funny – George Clooney optioned this Smothers Brothers bio about the comedy duo's rise from the 1960s San Francisco club circuit to primetime TV. Scribes Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman will pen the script for Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smoke House and Sony.
Untitled Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic – Writer-producer-comedian Bryron Allen produces this drama based on the life of legendary entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr., which is not to be confused with Wil Haygood's competing script In Black and White that Universal once considered developing.
Ruby McCollum – Cary Elwes stars in and James Brolin directs this civil rights era biography about the woman who challenged the deep south's sexual slavery laws, also known as "paramour rights", when she was convicted for killing a white doctor who tried to force her to bear his child. Springtree Studios is producing the film.
If you know of something in the works, you can submit it via our online submission form (it doesn't have to be a biopic).
- 12/16/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
According to reports, George Clooney and partner Grant Heslov, through their Smokehouse Pictures will adapt the novel, "Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'" by author David Bianculli, as a big screen Sony motion picture.
The book covers the comedy duo's 1967-69, 'subversively funny', CBS variety hour TV series.
With a writing staff that included Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, the original series, freaked out CBS censors on a weekly basis by including social commentary about the Vietnam War and politicians.
"I'm thrilled on behalf of Tom and Dick, whose story deserves to be told and retold," said Bianculli, "and whose efforts to inject topicality into scripted TV comedy in the 1960's led very directly to the sort of thing Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher are doing today."
Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman ("Atari") will write the screenplay for Smokehouse.
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The book covers the comedy duo's 1967-69, 'subversively funny', CBS variety hour TV series.
With a writing staff that included Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, the original series, freaked out CBS censors on a weekly basis by including social commentary about the Vietnam War and politicians.
"I'm thrilled on behalf of Tom and Dick, whose story deserves to be told and retold," said Bianculli, "and whose efforts to inject topicality into scripted TV comedy in the 1960's led very directly to the sort of thing Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher are doing today."
Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman ("Atari") will write the screenplay for Smokehouse.
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- 12/13/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov will take a trip back to the '60s for their next effort, a film about comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers. Specifically, the movie will focus on the brothers' show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which went from clean-cut humor to a promoting the politics of the counter-culture movement. The show was also notable for featuring cutting-edge music acts such as The Who and Jefferson Airplane as well as providing a start for future stars like Steve Martin and Rob Reiner who were part of the writing staff. The film will be based on the David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. No word on whether Clooney will take on acting or directing duties for the project, but since he's involved, expect to see some notable names attached. This material seems well within Clooney's wheelhouse, like...
- 12/13/2011
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
After collaborating as producing partners and occasionally co-stars on films like Good Night and Good Luck, The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Ides of March this year, George Clooney and Grant Heslov are teaming up again through their Smokehouse production banner to tell the story of Tom and Dicky Smothers, the iconic 60's comedians who brought controversial, topical and irreverent laughs to TV with "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman will write the film based on David Bianculli's book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Deadline says at this time it's not clear of Clooney is looking to direct or star in the film, but since he's taking one role or the other in many of the films from Smokehouse, it's very likely he'll at least do one or the other. Though the show only ran from 1967-1969 on CBS,...
- 12/12/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Everyone on the planet knows George Clooney as an actor and, to a smaller extent, director, but he’s also been in the producing game for some time now. (Call him a renaissance man, if it makes you comfortable.) Things are really taking off on that lattermost front, too; both he and his creative partner, Grant Heslov, have recently been launching new projects under their company, Smoke House — some of which involve Aaron Sorkin and Christopher McQuarrie.
Now, Deadline says that the duo are getting behind an adaptation of David Bianculli‘s Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for Sony Pictures. Though it hasn’t been said if Clooney will star or direct, Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman have been hired to shape the non-fiction book into a screenplay. As an audience, we’ll be presented with their transition “from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers,...
Now, Deadline says that the duo are getting behind an adaptation of David Bianculli‘s Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for Sony Pictures. Though it hasn’t been said if Clooney will star or direct, Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman have been hired to shape the non-fiction book into a screenplay. As an audience, we’ll be presented with their transition “from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers,...
- 12/12/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sony Pictures is teaming with George Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Hesloy to adapt the story of Tom and Dicky Smothers into a feature film, Deadline is reporting. ‘Atari’ screenwriters Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman have been hired to script the story of the 1960s television comedian brothers. Clooney and Hesloy are on board to produce the movie, but there’s no word yet whether the actor will star in and/or direct the biography. The film comes after Sony, Glooney and Hesloy optioned David Bianculli’s book ‘Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.’ The brother’s show ran from 1967-69 on CBS, and it made headlines for...
- 12/12/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
George Clooney (The Descendants) and his Smokehouse Pictures are teaming up with Sony to tell the behind-the-scenes story of one of America’s most famous television shows. According to Deadline, Clooney and his producing partner, Grant Heslov had already optioned the rights to, Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, before seeking a deal with Sony. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman have been hired to write the adapted screenplay from the book was written by television critic, David Bianculli.
- 12/12/2011
- by Kerry Fleming
- GetTheBigPicture.net
You might think of Tom and Dick Smothers as cute old guys; a quaint, genial and humorously argumentative duo that played folk songs flavored with comedy on variety TV shows and as the stars of their own show in the '60s. And they were that, but there's a history to the Smothers Brothers that is easy to miss with forty years removed between their popular heyday and today. On the face of it, the Smothers Brothers' comedy seems incredibly tame by today's standards. But the duo flirted with controversy for years, as they used their show to highlight emerging counterculture elements (with performances from the Who, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez) and laced their routines with satirical jabs at politics and mainstream culture of the time. Now that sly counterculture aspect of the Smothers Brothers might be remembered once more as producing partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov have...
- 12/12/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
As year-end rituals go, remembering those we've lost over the past twelve months is the solemn twin of list-making, though it's often no less an act of celebration. In the new issue of the Brooklyn Rail, Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee look back on the life of George Kuchar, "one of the most creative, original, and influential filmmakers of our time, straddling two generations of North American iconoclasts, from Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, Rudy Burckhardt, Kenneth Anger, and Michael Snow to Warren Sonbert, Ernie Gehr, Abigail Child, and Henry Hills. Often collaborating with his twin brother, Mike, George Kuchar started making films as a Bronx teenager, and the brothers' early films already show the ingenuity, exuberance, and do-it-yourself charm that would pervade scores of their subsequent films."
More from Clara Pais in the freely downloadable December issue of One + One, which also features Diamuid Hester on Jacques Tati, Donna K on Brent Green,...
More from Clara Pais in the freely downloadable December issue of One + One, which also features Diamuid Hester on Jacques Tati, Donna K on Brent Green,...
- 12/11/2011
- MUBI
George Clooney and Grant Heslov are set to make a film about 60's comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers at Sony Pictures and Smokehouse says Deadline.
Based on the David Bianculli book "Dangerously Funny", the story follows the two brothers who famously squabbled both off screen and on air during their late 60's CBS series.
Initially quite clean, the pair became counterculture troublemakers which introduce liberal politics into the mainstream and made them an enemy of Richard Nixon.
It's unknown if Clooney will star or direct. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman ("Atari") are adapting the script which Clooney and Heslov ("The Ides of March") will produce.
Based on the David Bianculli book "Dangerously Funny", the story follows the two brothers who famously squabbled both off screen and on air during their late 60's CBS series.
Initially quite clean, the pair became counterculture troublemakers which introduce liberal politics into the mainstream and made them an enemy of Richard Nixon.
It's unknown if Clooney will star or direct. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman ("Atari") are adapting the script which Clooney and Heslov ("The Ides of March") will produce.
- 12/11/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
George Clooney will continue his interest in real-life characters by adapting the life story of radical '60s comedian-musicians Tom and Dicky Smothers for the big screen. Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov have optioned the David Bianculli's "Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" for Sony. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, who wrote the Black Listed script "Atari," about video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell, will pen the screenplay. While Clooney and Heslov are producing, it's unknown at this time if Clooney will star, according to Deadline.com, who broke the story. Best known for the...
- 12/10/2011
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov have joined with Sony Pictures to bring the story of the Smothers Brothers to the big screen, reports Deadline New York. The film will be based on the biography Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which was written by Brian Bianculli.Deadline had this to say about the Smothers Brothers:"The show ran from 1967-69 on CBS, and the brothers, who famously squabbled on and off screen, were transformed by the period’s social upheaval. They went from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors. All this earned them a spot on President Richard Nixon’s enemies...
- 12/10/2011
- LRMonline.com
Actor/producer/director George Clooney is looking to turn the story of of 60s comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers into a full length movie. According to Deadline, Sony Pictures will team up with Smokehouse to adapt David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman. will write the script. While we can confirm Clooney will produce the biopic, we don’t know if he will star or direct.
The show ran from 1967-69 on CBS, and the brothers, who famously squabbled on and off screen, were transformed by the period’s social upheaval. They went from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors.
The show ran from 1967-69 on CBS, and the brothers, who famously squabbled on and off screen, were transformed by the period’s social upheaval. They went from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors.
- 12/10/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Productions are developing a biopic about60s comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers for Sony Pictures. Deadline reports that the project is based on David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman are currently writing the script for Clooney and Heslov to produce. The project is still in the early stages and it’s not known if Clooney will star or direct.
The Smothers Brothers Show ran on CBS from 1967-69 and were known for making waves both on and off the screen during the tumultuous social climate of the times. They went from “squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who,...
The Smothers Brothers Show ran on CBS from 1967-69 and were known for making waves both on and off the screen during the tumultuous social climate of the times. They went from “squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who,...
- 12/10/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Through their production shingle Smokehouse Pictures, George Clooney and Grant Heslov have been developing and producing interesting, intelligent fare over the last five years. The duo had Clooney's third directorial effort in "The Ides Of March" out this year, are backing Ben Affleck's "Argo," which is due out next year, and have a multitude of features in the works including "Our Brand is Crisis" (which Clooney has mentioned is likely to be next up for the duo), the Aaron Sorkin-penned "The Challenge," a movie based on Washington Post article "700 Billion Man" and "The Monster Of Florence" which Christopher McQuarrie is scripting. The two have now added another project their ranks, utilising their partnership deal with Sony to plot a feature film about renowned '60's comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers -- collectively known as the Smothers Brothers -- recruiting Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman to write the...
- 12/10/2011
- The Playlist
George Clooney continued to be in the awards season spotlight thank to his political drama The Ides of March, which he directed in addition to playing its lead, a presidential candidate facing a scandal, as well as his lead role in director Alexander Payne’s family drama The Descendants. Clooney made news again yesterday when Deadline’s Mike Fleming reported that Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov acquired rights to the David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.’ Sony Pictures joined the project and Clooney and Heslov hired Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman to adapt the book, a look at the transformation of stand-up sibs Tom and Dick Smothers from clean-cut comedians to counter-culture heroes who earned a spot on President Richard Nixon’s enemies list.
- 12/10/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
George Clooney continued to be in the awards season spotlight thank to his political drama The Ides of March, which he directed in addition to playing its lead, a presidential candidate facing a scandal, as well as his lead role in director Alexander Payne’s family drama The Descendants. Clooney made news again yesterday when Deadline’s Mike Fleming reported that Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov acquired rights to the David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.’ Sony Pictures joined the project and Clooney and Heslov hired Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman to adapt the book, a look at the transformation of stand-up sibs Tom and Dick Smothers from clean-cut comedians to counter-culture heroes who earned a spot on President Richard Nixon’s enemies list.
- 12/10/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
George Clooney continued to be in the awards season spotlight thank to his political drama The Ides of March, which he directed in addition to playing its lead, a presidential candidate facing a scandal, as well as his lead role in director Alexander Payne’s family drama The Descendants. Clooney made news again yesterday when Deadline’s Mike Fleming reported that Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov acquired rights to the David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.’ Sony Pictures joined the project and Clooney and Heslov hired Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman to adapt the book, a look at the transformation of stand-up sibs Tom and Dick Smothers from clean-cut comedians to counter-culture heroes who earned a spot on President Richard Nixon’s enemies list.
- 12/10/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Exclusive: Sony Pictures and Smokehouse partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov will turn the story of 60s comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers into a feature film. They’ve optioned the David Bianculli book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and they’ve set Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman to write the script. Clooney and Heslov will produce. It’s too early to determine whether or not Clooney will star or direct. The show ran from 1967-69 on CBS, and the brothers, who famously squabbled on and off screen, were transformed by the period’s social upheaval. They went from squeaky clean comics to counterculture troublemakers. They were aided by a writing staff that included Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner and they were the first to introduce liberal hippie politics into the mainstream, as well as cutting edge rock acts like The Who, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors.
- 12/10/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
George Clooney has his sights set on another period biopic. Deadline reports that his Smokehouse Pictures is set to team with Sony on the story of Tom and Dick Smothers, specifically focusing on their television variety show, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" that ran in the late '60s. The screenplay, to be drafted by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, is based "Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" by David Bianculli. Bianculli, a television critic and founder of TV Worth Watching , wrote the fully authorized book in 2009. It's officially described as follows: A behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" -- the provocative, politically charged program that shocked...
- 12/9/2011
- Comingsoon.net
For the fourth consecutive year Hollywood has selected its Black List, a compilation of the top unproduced screenplays for 2009. Over 300 film professionals were asked to submit the titles of up to ten of their favorite screenplays. The only condition for the picks were that the projects would not be released in theaters this year. That means some of the Black List honorees may be in the process of being turned into movies but by far the majority remain thoughts on digital ink, a blueprint for grand dramatic ideas, high-reaching adventure and controversial ideas waiting to be burned to light.
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
- 12/12/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Leonardo DiCaprio has agreed to star in Atari, a film about video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell, says The Hollywood Reporter. Writers Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman sold a script to Paramount at the end of last week which detailed how Bushnell went from fixing pinball machines to forming the Atari Corporation in the early '70s. The company was eventually sold to Warner Communications for $$28 million. (more)...
- 6/9/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Variety.com reports today that Paramount Pictures has signed Leonardo Di Caprio to star in the upcoming film “Atari”. The film is a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the Atari game system and the video game industry. Brushnell and partner Ted Dabney were the founders of Atari Inc. in 1972. The film is written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman. Brian Hecker is best know for his film “Bart Got a Room”. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for [...]...
- 6/8/2008
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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